Method for controlling the vehicle lighting system viewing angles synchronizing with the turning angles and system thereof

• US 9,086,201 B2
• Filed: 08/02/2013
• Issued: 07/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Shenzhen Zhizunbao Investment Holding Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Shenzhen Protruly Electronics Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu Protruly Vision Technology Group Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Lu, Peng, Zhuang, Min
• Primary Examiner(s): Owens, Douglas W
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chan, Wei
• Application Number:
  US13/958,359
• Publication Number:
  US 20140218952A1
• Time in Patent Office: 718 Days
• Field of Search: 362/466, 362/43, 362/464, 362/465, 362/40, 362/346, 362/37, 362/304, 362/523, 315/79
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/12 due to steering position
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 2300/054 Variable non-standard intensity, i.e. emission of various beam intensities different from standard intensities, e.g. continuous or stepped transitions of intensity
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 2300/122 Steering angle
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 41/60 characterised by a variable light distribution

Abstract

A method for controlling the vehicle lighting system viewing angles synchronizing with the turning angles and system thereof, comprising: obtaining a current vehicle turning angle signal, transforming it into current turning angle value; finding out the specific lighting system illumination angle synchronizing with a turning angle range according to the value; then controlling the lighting system switching to the found specific synchronizing illumination angle, achieving synchronization between viewing angles and turning angles. Through synchronizing with turning angles, the system automatically controls the lighting system spotlight degrees, thus controls the illumination angles, and brings a wide range visual effect to drivers. Without driver'"'"'s extra operations, the system can automatically adjust the lighting system illumination angles according to different turning angles, thus adjust the driver'"'"'s viewing angle sizes, further improves the driving safety.

Claims

1. A method for controlling vehicle lighting system viewing angles synchronizing with turning angles, comprising:

A. turning on a synchronization function that makes illumination angles of a vehicle lighting system synchronize with vehicle turning angles, after receiving a user'"'"'s corresponding operation commands;

B. obtaining a current vehicle turning angle signal, and transforming the current vehicle turning angle signal into a current turning angle value;

then determining the turning angle range according to the current turning angle value;

C. based on the determined turning angle range, looking up a prestored correspondence relationship table of lighting system illumination angles synchronizing with each turning angle range, finding out a specific lighting system illumination angle synchronizing with the current vehicle turning angle range according to the current turning angle value, under current driving conditions;

then controlling the lighting system switching to the found specific illumination angle synchronizing with the current vehicle turning angle range, and achieving synchronization between the illumination angle and the turning angle range,

wherein, the step C further comprises the following steps;

when the vehicle turning angle is less than 15 degrees, control the horizontal spotlight angle of the lighting system illumination angle to be 120 degrees, and the vertical spotlight angle to be 56 degrees;

when the vehicle turning angle range is between 15 and 19 degrees, control the horizontal spotlight angle of the lighting system illumination angle to be 130 degrees, and the vertical spotlight angle to be 55 degrees;

when the vehicle turning angle range is between 20 and 24 degrees, control the horizontal spotlight angle of the lighting system illumination angle to be 140 degrees, and the vertical spotlight angle to be 54 degrees;

when the vehicle turning angle range is between 25 and 29 degrees, control the horizontal spotlight angle of the lighting system illumination angle to be 150 degrees, and the vertical spotlight angle to be 53 degrees;

when the vehicle turning angle range is between 30 and 34 degrees, control the horizontal spotlight angle of the lighting system illumination angle to be 160 degrees, and the vertical spotlight angle to be 52 degrees;

when the vehicle turning angle range is between 35 and 39 degrees, control the horizontal spotlight angle of the lighting system illumination angle to be 170 degrees, and the vertical spotlight angle to be 51 degrees;

when the vehicle turning angle range is between 40 and 44 degrees, control the horizontal spotlight angle of the lighting system illumination angle to be 175 degrees, and the vertical spotlight angle to be 50 degrees; and

when the vehicle turning angle is no less than 45 degrees, control the horizontal spotlight angle of the lighting system illumination angle to be 179 degrees, and the vertical spotlight angle to be 50 degrees.

2. The said method for controlling the vehicle lighting system viewing angles synchronizing with the turning angles according to claim 1, wherein, the said illumination angle includes a horizontal, spotlight angle and a vertical spotlight angle of the vehicle lighting system, wherein, the said horizontal spotlight angle is an illumination range angle of the vehicle lighting system on a horizontal surface, and the said vertical spotlight angle is an illumination range angle of the vehicle lighting system on a vertical surface.

3. The said method for controlling the vehicle lighting system viewing angles synchronizing with the turning angles according to claim 1, wherein, before the said step A, it also comprises:

S. preinstall and prestore the correspondence relationship table of the vehicle lighting system illumination angles synchronizing with the vehicle turning angles.

4. The said method for controlling the vehicle lighting system viewing angles synchronizing with the turning angles, according to claim 1, wherein, the said step B further comprises:

obtaining the current vehicle turning angle signal through CAN bus and/or OBD.

5. The said method for controlling the vehicle lighting system viewing angles synchronizing with the turning angles according to claim 1, wherein, the said step C further comprises:

when the vehicle turning angle is 18 degrees, control the horizontal spotlight angle of the lighting system illumination angle to be 136 degrees, and the vertical spotlight angle to be 54.4 degrees.

6. The said method for controlling the vehicle lighting system viewing angles synchronizing with the turning angles according to claim 1, wherein, the said step C further comprises:

based on the determined current vehicle turning angle range, control both the vehicle lighting system illumination angle and the luminous power synchronizing with the turning angle.

7. The said method for controlling the vehicle lighting system viewing angles synchronizing with the turning angles according to claim 1, wherein, the said step C further comprises:

when the vehicle turning angle increases, control electric power increasing accordingly, so as to improve the illumination intensity.

8. A system for controlling vehicle lighting system viewing angles synchronizing with turning angles, comprising:

a receiving module, configured to receive a user'"'"'s operation commands and turn on a synchronization function that makes vehicle lighting system illumination angles synchronize with vehicle turning angles;

an obtaining and determination module, used to obtain a current vehicle turning angle signal, and transform the current vehicle turning angle signal into a current turning angle value, and then determine a turning angle range according to the current turning angle value; and

a controlling module, configured to look up a prestored corresponding relationship table of lighting system illumination angles synchronizing with each turning angle range, and find out a specific illumination angle synchronizing with the current turning angle range according to the current turning angle value, under the current driving conditions;

then control the vehicle lighting system switching to the found specific illumination angle synchronizing with the current turning angle range, and achieve the synchronization between the illumination angles and the vehicle turning angles,

wherein the illumination angle includes a horizontal spotlight angle and a vertical spotlight angle of the vehicle lighting system, wherein, the horizontal spotlight angle is an illumination range angle of the vehicle lighting system on a horizontal surface, and the vertical spotlight angle is an illumination range angle of the vehicle lighting system on a vertical surface,

wherein the controlling module finds out the specific illumination angle according to the following steps;

when the vehicle turning angle is less than 15 degrees, control the horizontal spotlight angle of the lighting system illumination angle to be 120 degrees, and the vertical spotlight angle to be 56 degrees;

when the vehicle turning angle range is between 15 and 19 degrees, control the horizontal spotlight angle of the lighting system illumination angle to be 130 degrees, and the vertical spotlight angle to be 55 degrees;

when the vehicle turning angle range is between 20 and 24 degrees, control the horizontal spotlight angle of the lighting system illumination angle to be 140 degrees, and the vertical spotlight angle to be 54 degrees;

when the vehicle turning angle range is between 25 and 29 degrees, control the horizontal spotlight angle of the lighting system illumination angle to be 150 degrees, and the vertical spotlight angle to be 53 degrees;

when the vehicle turning angle range is between 30 and 34 degrees, control the horizontal spotlight angle of the lighting system illumination angle to be 160 degrees, and the vertical spotlight angle to be 52 degrees;

when the vehicle turning angle range is between 35 and 39 degrees control the horizontal spotlight angle of the lighting system illumination angle to be 170 degrees, and the vertical spotlight angle to be 51 degrees;

when the vehicle turning angle range is between 40 and 44 degrees, control the horizontal spotlight angle of the lighting system illumination angle to be 175 degrees, and the vertical spotlight angle to be 50 degrees; and

when the vehicle turning angle is no less than 45 degrees, control the horizontal spotlight angle of the lighting system illumination angle to be 179 degrees, and the vertical spotlight angle to be 50 degrees.

9. The said system for controlling the vehicle lighting system viewing angles synchronizing with the turning angles according to claim 8, wherein, it further comprises:

an installation and storage module, configured to preinstall the correspondence relationship table of the lighting system illumination angles synchronizing with each turning angle range and prestore the table;

an auxiliary controlling module, configured to control the vehicle lighting system illumination angles and luminous powers synchronizing with the vehicle turning angles, based on the determined current turning angle ranges;

in the case of the turning angle increases, control the electric power increasing accordingly, so as to increase the illumination intensity.